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Vocab
China vocab Cristian Juarez
Term | Definition |
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Subtle | The maya were skilled astronomers who could track subtle changes in the positions of the plants. |
Minimize | The Aztecs conquests minimized the land controlled by their enemies. |
Retain | Even after they became Muslims, many west Africans restrained earlier beliefs in magic. |
Define | The aztecs defined human sacrifice as a religion duty. |
Alter | The new in a roads altered people's ways of traveling. |
Compound | The byzantines threated attackers with Greek fire compound whose ingredients are no longer known for certain. |
Tang Taizong | Founded the Tang Dynasty. |
Bureaucracy | Asystem of goverment with many departments and bureaus all headed by appointed officials. |
Empress wu | Was the women emperor in chines history. |
Li bo | Was the most famous poet. |
Scholar official | Highly educated civil servants who entered government only after passing special examinations |
Merit systems | A process for hiring and promoting people based on talent and skills rather than on wealth or social status |
Urbanization | The growth of cites |
Nirvana | Status or complete peace |
Wuzong | Worst attackers came during the region of the emperor. |
Zhu xi | He was the most famous neo confucion thinker |
Land tenure | Refers to the ways land is owned and distributed in a region. |
Literacy | Ability to read and write |
Money economy | Ecomeny in with people use currency rather than barter to buy and sell goods |
Porcelain | A hard white pottery of extremely fine quality |